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Photography: Embracing Your Identity Through Labels Others Gave You

Asshole

Photography: Embracing Your Identity Through Labels Others Gave You
New York photographer Lauren Renner will be displaying photographs from her In Others' Words project during Bushwick Open Studios. All photos by Renner.

Photography: Embracing Your Identity Through Labels Others Gave You

Asshole

Photography: Embracing Your Identity Through Labels Others Gave You
New York photographer Lauren Renner will be displaying photographs from her In Others' Words project during Bushwick Open Studios. All photos by Renner.
New York photographer Lauren Renner will be displaying photographs from her In Others’ Words project during Bushwick Open Studios. All photos by Renner.

Asshole. Dike. Son. So hot. Cunt. Mess. Slut. Rich thug. Beautiful. Nervous. Pot head. Strong. Champ. Scorpio. Atheist. Fat. Gay. Positive. Hippie. Sexy. Helpful. Meat head. Impulsive. Naïve. Coward. Remarkable. Depressed. Drug addict. Polite. Freak. Wasteful. *

If you were asked to make a list solely composed of words which others have used to label you, which words would you pick? Would you allow a complete stranger…

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